My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 861 Disaster Prison
"You have obtained the jailer mask of the Disaster Prison."

"The jailer mask of the Disaster Prison (common item). This mask is made from the origin of the Disaster Prison by the master in mourning. It can grant the wearer the identity of a jailer and protect the wearer from the forces within the Disaster Prison."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the content of the game text and thought that this matter was becoming more and more interesting. The words of the old executioner and the ghost-headed guest contradicted each other. The Lord in mourning was completely two different people in their mouths.

The old executioner said that the Lord in mourning was an evil god, and he had brought the teachers and students of the medical school here in order to devour their souls and recover from the damage he had done.

However, Guitou Ke directly overturned the old executioner's statement, saying that the Lord in mourning was not that kind of person, but a great god in the secular world with a compassionate heart. He also said that he was trapped in the seal of the mural and was framed by the old executioner.

Now, the answers to the subsequent questions are all in the prison of disaster where the Lord is in mourning. The truth of the matter can only be discovered by himself.

But judging from the current clues and interactive plots, Jiang Xinghuo is more willing to believe what the Ghost Head Guest said rather than what the old executioner said to him.

Of course, we still have to wait for clear clues to prove the truth of the matter. Everything else is just subjective reasoning and conjecture.

Unreliable and untrustworthy!

Because outside of these two situations.

There is a third situation.

That is, neither the old executioner nor the ghost-headed man told the truth, or they only told the truth as they saw it.

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to continue to stay here and talk with the Ghost Head Guest? Or will you choose to go to the Disaster Prison at the end of Disaster Town?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to stay here and talk with Guitou Ke to see if he could trigger more clues and information.

"You stayed in the hut and continued to chat with the ghost guest, and learned some of the past stories of the master in mourning from him."

"The Lord in mourning was originally just a wanderer, wandering among the famous mountains and rivers, and making friends with all things in the world. At that time, there was no Yang Town. Yang Town was a place that appeared later in the old secular world. The reason for its appearance was that he could not bear to see his disciples fall into the blood pond hell and suffer after death."

"That's why the Lord, in mourning, went into the underworld and signed contracts with many underworld kings. All practitioners of unconventional trades will not go to the underworld hell after death, but will be led to his disaster town instead."

"Such behavior is naturally perverse in the eyes of the kings of the underworld. It is equivalent to taking away part of their power. Naturally, they cannot agree with the wishes of the Lord in mourning. The two sides disagreed and a war broke out in the underworld."

"No one knows the outcome of that battle, and the winners and losers of both sides are not disclosed. However, those unruly kings of the underworld have since acquiesced to the actions of the Lord in mourning, and allowed him to extradite their disciples to the Town of Disaster."

“So, for the master who could do so much for a disciple who was not very important to him, Gui Tou Ke did not believe that the master would be a heartless person. Even if those teachers and students who were extradited to the Town of Misfortune were not the master’s disciples in mourning, he did not believe what the old executioner said.”

"Gui Tou Ke hopes that you can find out the truth and clear the name of the Lord in mourning. Don't let other people's dirty words tarnish this great god."

Jiang Xinghuo did not take the words of Guitou Ke too seriously, as they were obviously words of idol worship. However, the past events mentioned between the lines made Jiang Xinghuo realize the strength of the Lord in Mourning.

He originally thought that the Lord in Mourning was just using some method to forcibly lead the souls of those who died in unconventional trades to the town of disaster, but he didn't expect that the Lord in Mourning was going straight to the underworld and conquering those kings of the underworld with his hard power.

Just think about how difficult this matter is. None of those monsters and demons who can become the kings of the underworld are easy to deal with. The Lord in mourning can make such a request and still escape unscathed in the underworld, and those kings of the underworld agreed to its request afterwards.

This is enough to illustrate the terrifying power of the Lord in Mourning.

"You continue to talk to the Ghost Head Guest in the cabin, trying to find out more information, but the Ghost Head Guest has been sealed for a long time and has fallen into a deep sleep without knowing it."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to wait here for the Ghost Head Guest to wake up? Or will you choose to explore the Disaster Prison?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that the person had fallen asleep, he thought there was no point in staying any longer, so he simply chose the latter and controlled the character to leave the hut.

"Please choose where you want to explore next:"

"Will you go to the prison of disaster? Or will you go to other places in the town of disaster?"

"You chose to go to the Disaster Prison."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You followed the map provided by the old executioner and came to the location of the prison. You saw people in mourning standing outside the prison. These people in mourning are equivalent to the jailers of the prison. What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to charge directly and force your way into the Disaster Prison to see what's going on? Or will you choose to hide and see if you can break through the blockade of these mourners?"

"Or, you can use the mask given by Gui Tou Ke to disguise yourself as a jailer like these people in mourning and blend in to investigate?"

The game gives three options: break in, stealth, and mask.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and chose to use the mask to blend in. There was no need to make a big fuss and attract so many people to besiege him. What if he attracted the attention of the Lord in mourning?

It's better to be careful.

"You have taken out the jailer mask of the Disaster Prison. Do you want to equip it?"

"You have equipped the jailer mask of the Disaster Prison."

"When you put on this mask, you will feel a cold current flowing through your body. Then, you will be transformed into a man in mourning. Whether it is the aura you exude or the clothes you wear, you are no different from those people in mourning."

"You disguised yourself as a person in mourning and walked towards the prison of disasters ahead. When the mourners around you saw you, they did not try to stop you, but allowed you to enter the gate of the prison of disasters."

"But once you get in, you'll find that the routes in the Disaster Prison are intricate and complex, like a big maze. If you're not careful, you'll get lost."

"Take out the map that the old executioner gave you. Although some routes are marked on it, it is not complete. If you want to continue exploring, you can either find a way to complete the map in your hand, or blindly go deep into the exploration."

"What choice do you plan to make?" There were still two options. Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, took out the Ten Thousand Beasts Box from his backpack, clicked and chose to use it.

"You took out the Ten Thousand Beasts Box, pressed the mechanism on it, and pieced together a dozen mechanical sparrows. You began to explore the Disaster Prison along the forked path."

"At the same time, you also relied on the talent brought by the Sky-Watcher's Eye to compare and repair the synchronized vision transmitted back by the mechanical sparrows with the incomplete map in your hand."

"Soon, these mechanical sparrows will complete their exploration of the Disaster Prison, and you will also complete the incomplete map in your hand."

"You held the map in your hand and started to explore here, but it didn't take long for you to discover some problems. There was no trace of the teachers and students in this prison. Even the monsters and demons imprisoned there were extremely rare. There were only a few extremely vicious monsters and demons locked up in different prisons."

"Besides these, you haven't seen any other creatures. What are you going to choose next?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description of the game text, clicked on the skill panel, and activated the talent of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.

"You triggered the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, and wanted to use the innate ability of the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to spy on whether there are illusions or fragments of caves hidden here. The red-gold pupil light, like the sun, swept across the surroundings."

"But unfortunately, your Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils have no effect at all, and the Prison of Disaster still has not changed at all."

Jiang Xinghuo opened the backpack panel again, found the revealing symbol with great determination, and clicked on it to use it.

"You have used the revelation talisman."

"The power of the revealing talisman enveloped the Disaster Prison. Ripples like water waves spread and wandered past, but the Disaster Prison remained unchanged."

"You can't help but have a self-doubt. Are all the souls imprisoned in the prison swallowed by the Lord in mourning? Or are those souls imprisoned somewhere else? Or is there no such thing at all?"

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, he saw new content pop up in the game text again.

"When you were thinking hard about the key, a voice suddenly came from the prison next to you, saying that it could help you find what you were looking for. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

"You walked to the front of the prison and found that the person who was talking was a fortune teller. He looked no different from those charlatans, but he exuded an aura that made people trust him."

"This fortune teller said mysteriously that he could help you find what you want, but you would have to pay a small price. If you agree to his conditions, you will naturally get the answer you want."

"Do you want to agree to the other party's conditions?"

Jiang Xinghuo directly chose no.

He knew without thinking that there must be something fishy going on. If it was really as indifferent as it said, the Lord would not have imprisoned it here even in mourning.

"You activated the Sky-Watcher's Eye."

"You used the ability of the Sky-Watcher's Eye to spy on the other party's identity and background."

"You have discovered it, ghost fortune teller."

"A ghost fortune teller is a monster in the secular world. His whereabouts are extremely mysterious. He is suspected to be a follower of an unspeakable person. He can help people deduce the answers and results they want through transactions, but the person being calculated needs to pay a price. It could be a strand of hair, a broken stone, or his own internal organs, or some other difficult-to-achieve conditions."

"Later, the ghost fortune teller used this ability to enter the Disaster Town and tried to seize the authority of the Lord of Mourning for his own use. In the end, he was trapped in the Disaster Prison and became a prisoner who never sees the light of day."

"When the ghost fortune teller was imprisoned, the master in mourning left a message, saying that as long as he could successfully bewitch one person in prison, it would be his chance to escape."

"It's a pity that over the years, no one has fallen into its trap, and the ghost fortune teller has been trapped here for countless years and unable to escape."

"Now, after finally waiting for your arrival here, the Ghost Physiognomist will naturally not let go of this opportunity."

"But seeing that you rejected the idea it proposed, the ghost fortune teller couldn't wait to stop you and said that as long as you pick up a stone and give it to it, it can tell you everything you want to know. It has been trapped here for too many years and doesn't want to endure it any longer. As long as you can let it out, it will agree to any conditions you put forward!"

"Do you want to release this ghost fortune teller?"

Jiang Xinghuo still chose no.

"You ignored the ghost fortune teller's pleas, walked to the gate of the Disaster Prison, placed a Lost Shrine in the corner, and then walked out of the Disaster Prison."

"Those mourners standing outside did not stop you. They allowed you to come and go freely. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you continue to wander here? Or will you re-enter the prison and explore?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the former.

Then he took off the mask on his face, restored his original character image, and activated the Lost Shrine.

He planned to enter in an image other than a man in mourning to see if there would be any new changes.

Even if I get caught by those people in mourning, at least I can find out some details.

"You activated the Lost Shrine."

"A mysterious force of space enveloped you and instantly transported you to the Disaster Prison."

"But this time, the scene that appeared before your eyes shocked you greatly, because at this moment, the Disaster Prison was overcrowded. All the cells were filled with a large number of living beings, which was completely different from the empty cell you saw before!"

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo felt strange and couldn't figure out what was going on, so he took out the mask and put it on his face again.

"You once again transformed into a man in mourning, but the prison that was originally overcrowded gradually became insignificant in your eyes, like bubbles that gradually faded into nothingness, and finally disappeared completely without a trace. In its place was still the deserted prison, with only a few monsters and demons in it."

Jiang Xinghuo: ???

(End of this chapter)